Invention Grant
- Patent Title: NAND flash-based solid state drive and method of operation
- Patent Title (中): 基于NAND闪存的固态驱动器和操作方法
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Application No.: US13103270Application Date: 2011-05-09
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Publication No.: US08489855B2Publication Date: 2013-07-16
- Inventor: Franz Michael Schuette
- Applicant: Franz Michael Schuette
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: OCZ Technology Group Inc.
- Current Assignee: OCZ Technology Group Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Hartman Global IPLaw
- Agent Gary M. Hartman; Domenica N. S. Hartman
- Main IPC: G06F12/06
- IPC: G06F12/06 ; G06F12/08 ; G11C16/10

Abstract:
A solid state drive that uses over-provisioning of NAND flash memory blocks as part of housekeeping functionality, including deduplication and coalescence of data for efficient usage of NAND flash memory devices and maintaining sufficient numbers of erased blocks to promote write performance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120117309A1 NAND FLASH-BASED SOLID STATE DRIVE AND METHOD OF OPERATION Public/Granted day:2012-05-10
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